Thursday, November 30, 2017

Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 Week #27


Happy Autumn!



CSA weather report as of Wednesday evening...cool.



CSA Alerts!



  1. December 7th – last day of the CSA!



  1. December 14th – first week of our CSA Winter Share – more info to follow!



  1. Feel free to call the box office regarding late pickups, but please do not leave messages with the box office staff…ask to speak to someone with the CSA directly. If you don’t talk directly to a CSA member, the CSA will not be responsible if your food isn’t packed up, etc. The other week the box office person forgot the name of the CSA member by the time they walked over to the CSA.



  1. Regarding late night pickups…if your food isn’t picked up by the end of the night it will be donated. There isn’t a refrigerator for us to store food, and it can’t be left overnight in the box office because it could attract bugs.



Veggie info sheets added as needed. This is the link: Veggie Info Sheets. Print out, put in a notebook and you end up with a cookbook at the end of the CSA season. Also there are good tips on storage, prep, and nutrition.
The list…this is a general list and you’ll be sent another email within the next week with the detailed list after I get it (which isn’t till the day of the CSA…the list is subject to change without notice because farming is like that!  J However, most of the time it’s accurate and if it’s not…usually only one food item will be changed)…
CSA words to live by…when trying any new food that you’ve never eaten before…START SLOW!  Read up about it (make sure it doesn’t interfere with any medications you might be taking or any health conditions you might have), see what traditional/conventional ways it’s prepared (cultures that have been eating certain foods for many years basically have a good idea what they’re doing and we can learn from that), try a small portion, see how your body/digestive system reacts, and proceed from there. Then try preparing in different ways and see what you come up with!
Paraphrased wise words by a nutritionist that I read and don’t remember where I read it or who said it, BUT it’s pretty smart info regarding eating seasonally in our part of the globe…
Spring is all about detoxing (what we get from the CSA at this time is a lot of green things that are really good to help clean us out from whatever we accumulated during the winter)
Interesting piece about spring greens (out of the 14 listed, we get 12 of them with our CSA…watercress nutritionally and botanically similar to Peppercress) and detoxing…
Summer is all about being hydrated (the popular summer foods are all full of water…Tomatoes, Lettuces, Summer Squashes, etc.)
Fall/winter is all about storing energy (we get all the dense vegetables…Sweet Potatoes, Winter Squashes, etc…. that are energy powerhouses to fuel us through the winter) to get you through the winter to make it to…Spring!

Week #27
November 30, 2017

  1. Squash, Winter*: Acorn AND Carnival – 1 of each kind
  2. Lettuce: Boston, Red – 1 head
  3. Sweet Potatoes** – 2 lbs. (1 bag)
  4. Tat Soi – 1 bunch
  5. Scallions – 1 bunch
Total Items: 5
*
A Guide to Winter Squash: How to Choose, Store and Cook Your Gourds

**
Sweet Potato Quesadillas
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2017/11/cheese-free-sweet-potato-quesadilla-recipe.html




This week’s email…



  1. HELP! Can you help out at the CSA this week?
  2. You can still purchase our organic Herb Shares (you could do a half share with someone…I did J )!
  3. Sprout/Microgreen tasting at the CSA again this week…if you missed it last week!!!
  4. Events – near and far
  5. Drink Coffee from pods? Read this…
  6. Free cool bumper sticker
  7. Click to change the world (or at least try J )
  8. What you actually got last week
  9. And now for something completely different…



CSA caveat…anything in any of our CSA emails that’s not related directly to the workings of the CSA is an opinion and/or subjective, so please feel free to take it or leave it! J





1.HELP! Can you help out at the CSA this week?



 At the moment we’re looking for…



ONE (1) person who can be at the CSA this week from 3:30pm to 5:30pm.

  

If you can help out…



Please respond to this email ASAP…from now to noon, Thursday, November 30th or…



  1. call 631-421-4864 anytime from now till noon, Thursday, November 30th or…
  2. call 631-423-7610 xt. 0 on Thursday, November 30th, after 3pm and ask to speak to someone from the CSA
  3. just stop by the CSA before 3:30pm and ask if we still need any help





2.You can still purchase our organic Herb Shares (and you could do a half share with someone…I did J )!



Like the Herbs in the Herb Shares you’re seeing? So far we’ve gotten Basil, Chives, Cilantro, Dill, Lemon Basil, Mint, Oregano, Parsley, Purple Sage, Rosemary and a bunch more!

If you’d like to get in on the rest of the Herb Share for the season, the cost is $5.

Say yes to this email, and bring cash or a check made out to Halseys Green Thumb Farm to the next CSA.

The last one will be delivered on December 7th (two different herbs show up on the 2nd and 4th week of every month except for December where it will be the 1st week as that’s the last week for the CSA).

Think it’s too much to use? Dry the hearty ones (Rosemary), and freeze the delicate ones (Chives/Dill/Mint/Basil/Sage).

Herbs have more antioxidants than Blueberries and a lot of other foods that are popular because of their antioxidant levels…








3.Sprout/Microgreen tasting at the CSA again this week…if you missed it last week!!!



If you like Sprouts/Microgreens and want to taste and buy some, we’re having a visit this week from local Sprout/Microgreen grower Don DiLillo.



His food isn’t certified organic but is non-GMO and pesticide free.



We might be doing a Living Foods Share as part of our CSA Winter Share this year (and for the regular season starting in June too). So, check it out and let us know what you think!



Met him at the Navel Expo the other week, liked what I heard, bought some of what he sells, and am liking it.



Check out Don’s Facebook page…


And website…








4.Events – near and far



Thursday, November 30th



10am to 11am

                          

iEat Green with Bhavani Jharoff online radio show



To tune in online…


To call in during the live show…

888-874-4888

Download the PRN mobile app to listen wherever!

Can also listen to past shows on the PRN archive page



Join host Bhavani Jharoff (chef and head of the Slow Food North Shore chapter) talking food and food politics.



7pm



Chef Rocco DiSpirito Talk & Book Signing

Book Revue

313 New York Ave

Huntington

FREE



He’ll be talking about, and signing, his new book Rocco’s Healthy + Delicious: more than 200 (mostly) plant-based recipes.





Sunday, December 10th



2pm to 4:30pm



How to Survive the Holidays as a Vegan

Cold Spring Harbor Public Library, Large Meeting Room

95 Harbor Rd.

Cold Spring Harbor

FREE





Friday, January 19th to Sunday, January 21st



NOFA-NY Winter Conference

Saratoga, NY

$77 to $500 (depending on how long you stay, where you stay and dining plans)

For more info and to register:




This is the organic conference where farmers show up because they’re not working (or at least most of them aren’t). Good info, good food, good parties, good time had by all that attend. Tricky part can be getting there and back depending on the weather (can take Amtrak or Grayhound). Includes a children’s conference for ages 6 to 12.





February 2nd to February 11th



The Real Truth About Health

Huntington Hilton

598 Broadhollow Rd.

Melville

FREE

To register and for more info:




This is a holistic nutrition event filled with top names in the field…T. Colin Campbell, Joel Fuhrman MD, Caldwell Esselstyn MD, Brian Clement, Gabriel Cousens MD, Devra Davis, Brenda Davis and much more. FYI…the focus is on a vegan diet.







5.Drink Coffee from pods? Read this…



Basically not good for the environment (we need less plastic in the world as we’re eating plastic in everything from sea salt to sea food), or our health (the plastic pod cups can leach and test positive for  estrogenic activity…think cancer and declining reproductive health for men/women/children)…




Is it really worth it? Especially since Coffee is pretty good for you…


IF you follow these tips…








6.Free cool bumper sticker



Click here to get a free “No Farms, No Food” bumper sticker…




The American Farmland Trust is a decent organization to donate money to if you feel so inclined.







7.Click to change the world (or at least try J )



Tell your Congressional delegation to cosponsor the Food and Farm Act…








8.What you actually got last week



Week #26

November 22, 2017



  1. Squash, Winter*: Butternut – 1 - $3.00
  2. Lettuce: Leaf, Red – 1 head - $3.25
  3. Sweet Potatoes – 2 lbs. (1 bag) - $5.25
  4. Kale: Curly, Green – 1 bunch - $3.75
  5. Turnips – 2 lbs. - $4.75



Total Items: 5

Total Amount: $20.00

(We pay $18.50 per week for our CSA share…some weeks we get a bit more ($1.50 this week) and it adds up over the course of the season. So far that total is $32…so, we’ve already gotten over one entire share’s worth of extra produce that our farmer gave us and we didn’t pay for…lucky us! J )



Herb Share – November 2B

Rosemary AND Savory, Winter



*

Knife Skills – How to Prepare Butternut Squash


A Guide to Winter Squash: How to Choose, Store and Cook Your Gourds


Butternut Squash Smoothie! I’m sure you can substitute any Vanilla flavored protein powder…








9.And now for something completely different…



Man buried with 2 cheesesteak sandwiches…




Spoiler alert…he died from complications of heart disease.



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